Hog trap



Sept. 17, 1940. D. Mc-NETT 2,214,969

` Hoe TRAP Filed sept. 29, 1959 :Dgndcl 'McNeil' Patented Sept. 17, 1940 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l HOG TRAP Donald McNett, Darlington, Wis. Application September 29, 1939, Serial No. 297,157

2 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for catching and holding hogs for the purpose of putting rings in the nose, castrating, warming, branding or other operation; to provide an eflicient and easily operated device which can be erected at small cost, and which is durable and useful for the purposes. intended.

y I attain these and other .objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated `in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device showing it in open position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational View of the device in closed position, after hand lever 8 has been l5y operated; and l Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, parallel lower frame members I are spaced approximately two inches apart and affixed at each end to gate posts P by L-shaped bolts 3. Parallel upper frame members 2 are provided, between which the trapping mechanism operates and to which the upper ends of stationary bars 4 and 5 are rigidly affixed by suitable means such as spikes or bolts. A swingable clamping bar E is pivoted at its lower end at 22 to lower fra-me members I, and is loosely mounted between the upper frame members .2 and movable therein, and to this bar one end of double links I5 and Il and link 9 are riveted. The cooperating slidable clamping bar 1, to which the ends of metal links I4 and I8 are pivoted, carries at its top a. roller 2| by which it is rollably supported on one of the upper ira-me mem- 85 bers 2, and on which it moves to and fro when the device is operated.

The mechanism of my device is manually operated by a hand lever 8 which is pivotally mounted Y on bars 2. Afiixed to hand lever 8 is a double 40 link 9 on which is mounted a pawl hanger or rest I0. A pawl Il is attached to hand lever 8 and engages in rack I2 to hold the clamping bars in the desired position engaging the neck of the hog. An upper steel lever I3 is pivotally con- 45 nected to short double link I5 at its'lower end, and yis pivotally connected to horizontal link I 4 at its upper end. The lever I3 is pivotally connected to stationary bar 4 by pivot I9 offset from the center of bar I3. A lower lever I6 is pivotally 50 connected at its upper end to one end of short double link I'l and at its lower end to one end of horizontal lower link I8. Lower lever I6 is pivotally aiiixed to stationary member 4, by pivot 20 at a point offset from the center of bar I6.

55 When it is desired to trap a hog for any of (Cl. 11S- 98) the purposes described, when the animals head has entered the space between clamping bars 6 and 1, as shown in Fig. 1, hand lever 8 is swung outwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2, which causes double link 9 to pull clamping bar 6 inwardly toward bar l. As clamping bar 6 moves, this member in turn operates short double links I5 and Il, pivoted upper lever I3, pivoted lower lever I5 and horizontal links I4 and I8 simultaneously, forcing cooperating clamping bars 8 and l toward each other to the desired position to catch and hold the head of thevhog. -The bars are held in that position by pawl II seating in the rack I2, as shown in Fig. 2.

To release the hog, hand lever 8 is moved in a downward direction, after releasing the pawl Il from the rack I2.

My hog trap may be erected by any small gate or doorway, and a suitable chute to direct the hogs to the trap can be made by putting two conventional small gates up to the inside of the frame pieces 4 and 5, or a suitable permanent chute may be made by making a frame'like the outside frame of the trap and nailing the two` together with one inch boards about ve feetlong. When a hog enters the chute it must go into the tra-p, as it cannot turn around. When the hog is released it passes on through the trap and another enters.

What I claim is:

1. In a hog trap, the combination of spaced posts, a pair of parallel spaced lower frame members secured tothe posts, a pair of upper spaced parallel frame members secured to the posts, bars spaced from the posts 'and extending between and affixed to the upper and lower frame members, a slidable clamping bar loosely mounted between the upper and lower frame members and rollably supported on one of the upper frame members, a cooperating swingable clampingbar pivoted at its lower end to the lower frame bars and swingable at its upper end, a pivoted lever linked to the upper end of said swingable pivoted bar to swing itvtoward the iirst mentioned clamping bar, a pawl attached to said lever, a ratchet mounted on one lof the upper frame bars and engageable by said pawl to hold the clamping barsV fixedin the position to which they are moved, and means operatively connecting the swingable clamping bar and the sliding clamping bar, whereby operation of the swingable clamping bar toward the closed position will pull the slidable clamping bar in a reverse direction toward it.

2. In a hog trap, the combination of spaced posts, a pair of parallel spaced lower frame members secured to the posts, a pair of upper spaced parallel frame members secured to the posts, bars spaced from the posts and extending between and afxed to the upper and lower frame members, a slidable clamping bar loosely mounted between the upper and lower frame members and rollably supported on one of the upper frame members, a cooperating swingable clamping bar pivoted at its lower end to the lower frame bars and swinga-ble at its upper end, a pivoted lever linked to the upper end of said swingable pivoted bar to swing it toward the rst-mentioned clamping bar, a. pawl attached to said lever, a 

